Programs · Episode
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Thursday, July 17, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in d for 2 Oboes, RV 535 Stephen Hammer, Frank de Bruine, oboes · Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood L'Oiseau-Lyre 433674 "Vivaldi: Oboe Concertos" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · The Queen of Spades (suite arr. by Peter Breiner) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Peter Breiner Naxos 8573015 "Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades" | |
| Charles Tomlinson Griffes · Barcarolle, Op. 6, No. 1 Drew Petersen, piano Steinway & Sons 30095 "Drew Petersen - Barber, Carter, Griffes, Ives, Zaimont" | |
| Gioacchino Rossini · Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers National Philharmonic Orchestra Riccardo Chailly Decca 443850 "Rossini: 14 Overtures" | |
6 am | |
| Enrique Granados · Spanish Dance No. 4, Op. 5 (Villanesca) Norbert Kraft, guitar · Razumovsky Sinfonia Peter Breiner Naxos 8.553037 "Granados: Twelve Spanish Dances" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1039 Paul Fried, Alan Weiss, flutes; Bryan Pezzone, piano Golden Tone 6 "Virtuoso Flute Trios" | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · "Serenade to Music" (text from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" Act V, sc. i) Carla Huhtanen, soprano; Emily D'Angelo, mezzo-soprano; Lawrence Wiliford, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone · Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Iseler Singers Peter Oundjian Chandos 5201 "Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music" | |
| Giovanni Paisiello · Mandolin Concerto in Eb Ugo Orlandi, mandolin · I Solisti Veneti Claudio Scimone Erato 88165 "Concerti per Mandolini" | |
| Erich Wolfgang Korngold · Anthony Adverse, music from the 1936 film National Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Gerhardt RCA Victor 0185 "Elizabeth and Essex - The Classic Film Scores of Erich Wolfgang | |
| Erich Wolfgang Korngold · Final Dance, from "Much Ado About Nothing" Op. 11 (after Shakespeare) University of North Carolina School of the Arts Symphony Orchest John Mauceri Toccata Classics 160 "Korngold: Much Ado About Nothing" | |
7 am | |
| Jacques Offenbach · Medley from "La Perichole" Boston Pops Orchestra Arthur Fiedler RCA Victor L 61429 "Offenbach in America" | |
| Edvard Grieg · Piano Concerto in a, Op. 16 (finale) Stephen Hough, piano · Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Litton Hyperion 67824 "Grieg - Liszt: Piano Concertos" | |
| Sergei Prokofiev · Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25 "Classical" Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Yoel Levi Telarc 80289 "Prokofiev: Classical Symphony & Symphony No. 5" | |
| Loki Karuna · NoteWorthy: Scott Joplin | |
| Scott Joplin · Bethena, a concert waltz Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos Sony Classical 48381 "Encore! Katia and Marielle Labèque" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Divertimento No. 14 in Bb, K. 270 Danzi Quintet Sony Classical 60115 "Mozart: Wind Divertimentos" | |
8 am | |
| Charles Gounod · Symphony No. 1 in D (1st mvt.) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner Philips 462125 "Gounod: 2 Symphonies; Faust Ballet Music" | |
| Johann Scheibe · Sinfonia in D to the "Homage Cantata to Queen Juliana Maria" Concerto Copenhagen Andrew Manze Chandos 0550 "Scheibe: Sinfonias" | |
| Summer Stages Spotlight | |
| Franz Schubert · Symphony No. 9 in C, D.944 "The Great" (iii. Scherzo) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Herbert Blomstedt Decca 436 598-2 "Schubert: Symphony No. 9" | |
| Jules Massenet · Picturesque Scenes New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Jean-Yves Ossonce Naxos 8.553125 "Massenet: Orchestral Suites Nos. 4-7" | |
| Hector Berlioz · Roman Carnival, concert overture, Op. 9 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra David Zinman Telarc 80261 "Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique" | |
9 am | |
| Paul Hindemith · March, from Symphonic Metamorphosis New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein Sony 63154 "Bernstein Century - Great Marches" | |
| Bedrich Smetana · Overture and Dances, from "The Bartered Bride" Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Barry Wordsworth Naxos 8.550376 "Slavonic Festival" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Flute Sonata No. 3 in d, BWV 527 Paula Robison, flute; John Gibbons; harpsichord Pergola 1036 "Bach: Sonatas BWV 525-530" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Tragic Overture, Op. 81 London Philharmonic Orchestra Marin Alsop Naxos 8557428 "Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Overtures" | |
| Percy Grainger · Country Gardens Geoffrey Tozer, piano · City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox Chandos 9554 "Percy Grainger - Works for Chorus and Orchestra 2" | |